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Differential Privacy
Privacy
A way to share statistics while protecting individuals.
Definition
Differential privacy is a technique that adds “noise” so statistics stay useful but individual people are harder to identify.
In plain English
A way to share statistics while protecting individuals.
Why this matters
Why it matters: It can reduce re-identification risk when publishing analytics or research data.
Example
Example: A report shows approximate counts instead of exact counts for small groups.